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baobab.

A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbeɪə(ʊ)bab/UK/ˈbɑːəʊbab/UK/ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/US/ˈbaʊbæb/US
  1. A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

  2. Any tree of the genus Adansonia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

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